The Internet is making a mockery of Gamergate’s rallying cry

By now, the argument that the Gamergate movement is about ethics in journalism has been thoroughly discredited. We’ll probably continue hearing people argue that case for a long time, but even casual observers know better at this point.

Graham Linehan, creator of The IT Crowd, has provided a wonderful Storify to that effect. A few days ago, the movement neatly illustrated his point. Mild-mannered geek icon Felicia Day posted her discomfort at having to avoid talking to some gamers out of fear that they might be militant Gamergate supporters, along with a message about not giving up on the positivity of gaming. Day was promptly doxxed, because Gamergate is about ethics in journalism.